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Midiplus Smartpad

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Has anyone had success using the MidiPlus Smartpad with iOS apps? Specifically, I'm hoping to use it for pattern select on various sequencers. Cheers.

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  • DrümünkeyDrümünkey

    I've got 2. They are like 90% perfect. The encoders are a great idea. Unfortunately the 10% that's not perfect really hamper them.

    1) They are not programmable. You are stuck with the notes/CC/channels they spit out
    2) The LED's are messed up. If you send notes BACK to the pad, the LED's don't work right. Led goes blue I think and doesn't turn out.

    I emailed them like a year ago, they had an engineer do a firmware update that allowed more LED control, but I could never get the firmware to load into the unit and they never responded to any more emails. :(

    Also keep in mind that they suck too much power, so you'll need to use a powered hub or the CCk that allows power.

  • scottsunnscottsunn

    Also keep in mind that they suck too much power, so you'll need to use a powered hub or the CCk that allows power.

    Thanks so much for this!

    Curious on the midi channel (s?) - I tried to find the channel info, does it only send on a single channel? Are there presets? I could certainly map them with some midi massage app... LMK, thanks!!

  • DrümünkeyDrümünkey

    I think the channel changes depending on the "mode" you're in. If you're good using something like MIDIflow, you can map it pretty well. For the money they are pretty decent.

    It's funny, when I was at NAMM in Jan. that weird Chinese company called Worlde (they seem to knock off a lot of Korg midi controllers) had a bunch of REALLY awesome looking controllers. Pads with faders & encoders, etc. etc. Very unique. They never came to market... :(

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